course_notes/nutrient_uptake_assimilation_growth.htm

Outline for:

Nutrient Uptake, Assimilation, and Growth

1. Definitions of terms

 

2. Simple kinetics

a. nutrient uptake with fixed cell composition - nutrient_uptake.htm

 

3. elemental composition

a. a. elemental composition - elemental_composition.htm

b. biochemical components - biochemical composition

c. comparison of % by weight and elemental ratios - elemental composition table

both approaches show that about 35% of the dry weight is C

d. stoichiometry of typical biochemical molecules - stoichiometry

4. the Enzymatic and Biosynthetic component

a. function see the diagram in biochemical composition

b. biochemical composition and processes of EnzBiosynth component

c. simulation for this unit - simulation 3

5. Functional morphology

a. morphology and CSR framework - morphology.htm

b. ultrastructure of a cyanobacterium -ultrastructure

6. Interactions between rho, mu and Q

a. Nutrient uptake and growth v.4 - spreadsheet

7. Limitations and tradeoffs of kinetics

a. relationship between Ks and Vmax

derivation of the Michaelis Menten Equation - mm_derivation.html

b. are there other ways that cells change the kinetics besides Ks?

virtual kinetics, changing morphology and ultrastructure

c. cells in a liquid environment - limitations to diffusion